“Canadian Bacon” is a mid-1990s satire of U.S. politics. In the film, the president tries to boost the economy by starting a war with Canada. The opening salvo involves Bud […]
AIER’s Teach-the-Teachers Initiative (TTI) is a multiday program that provides high school teachers in various disciplines with understanding of economic concepts. The novelty of the program is the Economics-Across-the-Curriculum approach, […]
Last week, the National Association of Realtors reported a healthy gain in sales of existing single-family homes for March. Today, the Commerce Department reported that sales of new single-family homes […]
In the long run, growth in the money supply will likely cause inflation, meaning a decline in the dollar’s purchasing power. Following the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve undertook unprecedented […]
The Commerce Department will release its first estimate of first quarter 2017 gross domestic product on Friday, April 28. Estimates of the growth rate for GDP vary widely leading up […]
Regulators misdiagnosed the causes of the 2007–8 financial crisis when they blamed private sector greed and largely ignored the role of government policy, which in fact laid the groundwork for […]
How much does import competition affect U.S. jobs? We at AIER have always argued for the benefits of free trade, but it is still worth understanding what happens to those […]
A freely traded digital currency backed by gold may be just around the corner. This week, at the MIT Technology Review’s Business of Blockchain conference, I heard Sandra Ro of […]
Even though blockchain applications are in their infancy, the technology is here to stay.
The labor force participation rate began a gradual decline after peaking in the spring of 2000. If the decline is to be reversed, we may need to reassess federal transfer […]
AIER’s founder Col. E.C. Harwood encouraged “the educational aspects of the Institute’s work to be specifically aimed at teachers.” In addition, Harwood was interested in integrating John Dewey’s approaches to […]
The National Association of Home Builders released its April survey of home builders this morning. The survey is designed to take the pulse of the single-family housing market. The survey […]